A Village of Lost Ponies.

Pinkie Pie bounced up and down in the middle of town while the dreary changeling warrior Ice Storm watched her.

"It's time for a get to know everypony party!" Pinkie announced. The changeling just watched her, Naiad had insisted Pinkie and her friends be given guards for there stay, she was apparently afraid they would be in danger during there stay.

Suddenly Pinkie was in the guards face "Where do you think we should have the party?" The guard just blinked at her. "Where are we staying anyway?" she contenued

He waved a hoof around them "Pick a house"

Pinkie gasped "We cant just barge in on somepony!" then she glanced around "Where is everypony anyway?" The guard opened his mouth only to be cut of "ooooooh I know, there all digging giant tunnels underground filled with diamonds"

"Umm..... no. They're probably hiding in there houses" he responded.

Pinkie bounded to the nearest door and knocked after a moment Ice followed her. A timid gray Pegasus with yellow eyes and a flat black mane and tail opened the door. Her eyes flicked between Pinkie and Ice "C-Can I help you" Pinkie pie bounced up and down some more before very suddenly stopping.

"Hi! I'm Pinkie pie What's you'r name?!"

"G-Gray scale"

"Well hiya Gray why're you all locked up inside you should be outside, because its sunny and stuff."

Ice glanced around, several of the ponies had come out of there houses at least a little bit to see what was going on. Some darted back inside when they realized he was looking, other's just coward on the ground.

"Anyway" Pinkie continued not giving the pony a chance to answer. "We'r gonna have a party Ya'wanna come?" Then she smiled hugely "What a sill question of course you wanna come It's a party!" She spun in a very random circle "Aaaand!" sudenly she shoved Ice forward, Gray Scale flinched Ice just blinked a little startled. "He has something to tell all of you"

Ice looked around and realized rather suddenly almost everypony in the entire town had gathered to watch the pink pony. They crowded around the porch. many seemed suddenly to shrink when his gaze went over them, the local mayor Able Soul stood in the front and dipped his head politely if a bit nervously when Ice Storm glanced at him. "Well now's as good a time as any I suppose" Ice muttered. Then clearing his throat he pulled a scroll out of his saddle bag.

"By Royal decree Of Her Highness Queen Naiad of the Bee-Keep Hive" he read

"Long live the Queen." The crowd responded as tradition demanded

"The Ponies in the territory of the Bee-keep Hive are here by recognized as a sentient species and will be treated as such." Somepony gasped a murmuring broke out in the crowd "SILENCE!" Ice roared the crowed immediately went dead silent. Ice returned tonelessly to the scroll "Ponies will there fore be given the right to freedom of the following but not limited to, organizing their towns in accordance to there own needs, freedom of expression, freedom of speech, freedom of the press within the same standards expected in the Hive, freedom to teach as they will withing the same standards expected in the Hive, freedom to move to any village in the territory, freedom to work as they may, freedom of thought, the right to independence, the right to individuality, the right to fair treatment, and the right to innocence until trial. As I do not expect to get down everything I need to write in my first try I will not attempt it. Ponies will be held to the same expectations as any member of the Hive. Ponies will no longer be abducted and enslaved, eaten, or tormented. Should a changeling need to feed they will do so in town where the pony fed apon will then after remain and be allowed to recover in peace."

He cleared his throat again "By decreed of My Queen Naiad so let it be"

"Long live the Queen" the crowed responded. then started murmuring again while Ice handed the scroll to a very stunned Able Soul.

"HEY EVERYPONY!" Pinkie yelled and everypony fell quiet

"We'r gonna have a party! Anypony know where a good place to have it would be?!" She announced while Ice rolled his eyes...though since he was a changeling, nopony could tell.

Able bowed to her "You can use town square I'll gladly take you there now." though as he spoke he gave Ice a questioning look, the Drone gave the smallest nod.

"Okie Dokie Lokie!" Pinkie spun around to face Gray scale "You'r coming right" The poor confused Pegasus gave the smallest nod. "Yay!" Pinkie sprung in the air facing Gray scale and somehow landed right in front of Able facing him. "So which way to town square?!"

Ice storm had never felt so confused. A pink whirl wind spun around the town square, pulling party decorations out of no where and putting them up. The square was filled with silver and grey streamers, they matched the Hive, and Ice wondered why the pink pony would choose to decorate in Naiad's colors. Still, he's been told to deliver the Queen's decree and protect the earth pony he was escorting, not question her actions.

Pinkie finished and looked around before bouncing up to her changeling companion and the town major. "I'm all done! now its time to paaarrtay!" The she swirled around town opening everypony's door and yelling "Party time!"

"She's hyper." Able whispered.

"She's annoying" Ice replied flatly.

Eventually Pinkie had dragged everypony out to her party. She snapped some DJ equipment down out of no where and started playing music.

An hour passed by at a snails pace, under the watchful gaze of Ice, the ponies didn't seem all that interested in Pinkie's party. Though they did eat the snacks and whisper to each-other none of them smiled. They all stayed in tight nit groups, glancing around themselves with a good amount of suspicion. It was clear to Pinkie they where just to afraid to enjoy themselves, It was also clear to Pinkie that they'r fear stemmed from the silver shelled changeling that was watching them as if the concept of them actually enjoying themselves was a personal offence.

Pinkie watched them for a moment more then put the music on auto and stepped in. She walked right over to Ice, grabbed him, and yanked him into the party. Pinkie started doing the pony poky only a moment before it started to play, which would have been very odd to anypony who realized the radio was set to play songs in a random order. After a moment of staring at her like she'd gone mad, or maybe she was always a bit mad, Ice also started doing the pony poky. He told himself when he started that the Queen had ordered him to aid this pony, and she clearly wanted him to dace, but by the end he was just having fun.

Once they got over the fact that a changeling was dancing to perhaps the silliest song in the world, the ponies of the small town actually started to enjoy themselves.

After all if a changeling could enjoy himself, they should as-well.

Plus, he wasn't quite as intimidating when he was making a fool of himself.